The Black Crowes announced they will release a new album, Happiness Bastards, on March 15 – their first new music since 2010. The band have released a new song “Wanting and Waiting,” which you can listen to: here.
Happiness Bastards marks The Black Crowes first album of all original material since 2009’s Before the Frost…Until the Freeze. The band’s most recent release was 2022’s 1972, a six-track LP of covers that arrived three years after brothers Chris and Rich Robinson reunited.
A statement on the album pre-order page reads: “The Black Crowes are leaving the bullshit in the past. Some may say the project has been several tumultuous years in the making, but we argue it’s arriving at just the right time. Call it brotherly love or music destiny that brought them back together, the highly anticipated record consecrating the reunion of this legendary band just may be the thing that saves rock & roll. In a time where the art form is buried beneath the corporate sheen of its successors, the Black Crowes are biting back with the angst of words left unsaid penned on paper and electrified by guitar strings, revealing stripped, bare-boned rock & roll. No gloss, no glitter, just rhythm and blues at its very best – gritty, loud and in your face.” According to the statement, the Black Crowes entered the studio in early 2023 with longtime bassist Sven Pipien and producer Jay Joyce.
To pre-order Happiness Bastards, head here.
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